CVE-2008-1372

Published Mar 18, 2008

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

Description
bzlib.c in bzip2 before 1.0.5 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file that triggers a buffer over-read, as demonstrated by the PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4.3
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
8.6
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-119

Vendor comments

  • Red HatRed Hat has re-evaluated the potential impact of this flaw and has released an update which corrects this behavior: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0893.html

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